Egypt’s COVID-19 response delayed, trains remain overcrowded

Egypt’s COVID-19 response delayed, trains remain overcrowded

April 2, 2020 at 11:27 am | Published in: Africa , Coronavirus , Egypt , News. Health minister Hala Zayed formed an operations room to centralise the COVID-19 response on the day she came back from China, where she was visiting to show solidarity with its fight against the virus.. In March a tourist returning from Egypt complained that despite displaying symptoms of coronavirus whilst in the country it was only the Asian tourists who were being tested .. Egypt has come under fire for racially profiling East Asians in the country in its response to COVID-19..